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Hello all ,

We'd like to place a wind generator but ,
there's red tape , yes even in Germany where they are so green .

Firstly to complete our Don Quichote mission to be self sufficient on energy , we'd like to finalize the project by placing a small ish
wind generator , about 5 kwh '.

BUT:

1. Here in Ost Friesland there are hundred's if not thousand big one's of 30kw up to 500 kwh and even bigger.
2. In Aurich , the local town , is Enercon , one of Europes leading manufactures of wind generators.
3. The Landkreishaus , county house , had an exposition on about green power , we went there and were exited about the
exposition , maybe the like wind energy ,they do but only the big ones .???????
The civil servant , I pay his wages , said no no,no,no ,certainly not on my plot .He did not even let me finish my question.
4.Here in Germany there are a few producers of small generators , and here on the north coast we've got plenty wind.
5.None of the small suppliers have ever thought of teaming up and sorting out what is possible , and where , to what size .
If they would do this they would probably sell 100% more generators.
6.Civil servants ,the people who I ,and we pay , don't know the procedures and laws.Shame.
7.The local council shiver if we mention wind and send us to the the county house .
The county house talk bull ,people tell me then too go to the higher provincal government in Oldenburg,
after thet there's the crowd in Berlin , and if we don't agree with em then we can go to the crowd in Brussels.

Seem's like it's a massive industry for civil servant's to control the paupers who want to be self sufficient ,what if everybody
would go as green as possible ,would cause alot of unemployment amongst civils and energy firms.
Is this the reason for the red tape , is it like this in the rest of Europe ?

The one Europe that the government is on about ?

regards ,

Paul

Similar frustrations here. I've found out that for a 4m-plus tower, I'd need a 24-hour 800 lumens lamp running on top of the mast to help aircraft avoid landing on it. The fact that the landscape is covered with olive trees of between 6 and 8m tall seems to be lost on them.

If the mast goes as high as 8m, I need to increase that lamp to a double flashing one of no less than 1500 lumens. We have wind here, but to put up a small (like, 300w) turbine is a non-starter as the warning lamp will consume more than the turbine produces.

Ho-hum, I guess I'll just paint it dark grey and do it without planning permission....

I am pleased that we don't suffer from the same problems here in Ireland.
I am going to install a small(ish) wind generator later in the year to run my greenhouse and other outdoor needs, then I can justify using power to run a hydroponics system and winter lighting, and maybe a bit of heating too.
There is no need at all for planning permission as wind turbines are exempt provided that the tip of the blades never exceed 13m in height

Plenty of wind here too and it seems criminal not to use it.